Book ID: CBB546111452

The Great Race to the Jersey Shore (2023)

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Atlantic City, New Jersey grew to be the most popular Atlantic Shore vacation destination of the Northeast after WWI. Both the Pennsylvania and the Phila. & Reading railroads fought hard to capture passengers. Buses and autos ate into profits in the 1930s, so the two adversaries merged to survive. This book is the grand story of growth and atrophy of South Jersey rail, to the present day. (Publisher)

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Review Albert Churella (2023) Review of "The Great Race to the Jersey Shore". Railroad History (pp. 83-85). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Churella, Albert J
Olsen, Kevin
Jagger, Jerry J.
Brouws, Jeffrey T.
Coxey, William J.
Young, Christopher J., Jr
Journals
Railroad History
Publishers
Arcadia Publishing
Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society
Garbely Publishing Company
Morning Sun Books
Self-published by the author
West Jersey Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, Inc.
Concepts
Railroads
Pictorial works
Land transportation
Locomotives, Electric
Railroad Stations
GG 1 (Electric locomotive)
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
Places
United States
New Jersey (U.S.)
Pennsylvania (U.S.)
Maryland (U.S.)
Massachusetts (U.S.)
New England (U.S.)
Institutions
Pennsylvania Railroad
Consolidated Rail Corporation (ConRail)
Erie Railroad Company
East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company
Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Company
Long Island Rail Road Company
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